Portable fence



Aug. 7, 1923. L46E305 C. A. WlLKEY PORTABLE FENCE Filed March 2, 1922llllllllllllllllllllllllll mmuluullhuun I III nuluu Patented Aug. 7,19223. i v I as aren't enrich.

CONSTANTINE A. WILKEY, F PERTH AMIBOY, NEW JERSEY.

PORTABLE FENCE.

Application filed March 2, 1922. Serial No. 540,414.

To all whom it may concern: posts and are secured thereto by screws 16.Be it known that I, CoNsrANTmn A. To secure the horizontal members ofthe Winner, a citizen of the United States, refence to the posts I slipover the latter siding at Perth Amboy, in the county of the collarsl8.which are clamped thereto at 5 Middlesex and State of New, Jersey,have the desired height by set screws-19.- These 55 invented certain newand useful lmprovecollars have integral oppositely extending ments in.Portable Fences, of which the folcars in which are formed apertures 21to lowing is a specification. receive the ends of the horizontalmembers.

' This invention relates generally to a por- The horizontal members ofthe fence com- 10 table fence, having more particular referprise thepairs of alined rods 2% and 25 once to a portable fence, the inventionhavhaving hooks 26 and on their removed ends ing for an object toprovide a simple con which are inserted into the apertures 21. structionfor such a fence which will per- The adjacent ends of these rods haveright mit of its rapid assembly or taking apart. and left hand. screwthreads formed there- 15 For further comprehension of the invenon as at2d and 25 which engage in option, and of the objects and advantagesposite ends of a turn buckle 27 to tighten thereof, reference will behad to the followup the horizontal members after the lating descriptionand accompanying drawings, t l h ve been engaged with the collars 18.and to the appended claim in which the AS th manner of assembling andtaking 20 various novel features of the invention are dOWIl my improvedfence Will be apparent more particularly set forth. to all those skilledin the art it is not deemed Fig. l of the drawings is a side i fnecessary to describe it in detail, it bea section of a portable fenceconstructed acng apparent h he fence can be put up cording to myinvention. or'taken down in a very short space of time, 25 2 13 a,transverse ertical ectign 0n and that It forms it structure Of great theline 2-2 of Fig. 1. strength and rigidity.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the 111 the d fi ion hown inFigs. 4 and roller which is clamped on the post to re- 5 the P 15 formedn a u be Of Secceive the ends of the horizontal members. 5011s a 31 and32 threaded into 0118 30 Fig. 4 1s a fragmentary side iew h other, thebottom section 32 being pointed g a modlfi d t ti to facihtate engagingin the ground. The

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on the line hOPiZOIltfIl members 0f hfence are in the 5 5 f Fi 4 form of rods 34 having hooked ends 35 Fig. 6is a detail elevation of a post'which Which g g around t e hOttOmportions I may substitute for the post shown in of all but the lowersection each being p- Fig. 4t, using the same horizontal members. Portedy he top of the section underneath, A Shown i Fi 1 d 2 -f th d as will.be apparent. These rods are tightlngs th posts f my i d t bl ened byturn buckles, similarly to the rods fence comprise galvanized pipes 10of suit 24, r 4.0 able diameter and having pointed solid In F g 6 I haveS OWII a modified form lower ends 10 adapted to be driven into the f P35 Which I may employ With the ground, the upper ends of these posts be-T9613 3 and Which is provided on pp ing closed by caps 11. To holdtheseposts sides with closely spaced indentations 37 to rigidly uprightI provide the inclined struts receive e O Ch portions of the hooked 12which may be formed of fiat strips of ends of the rods. The rods maythus be metal having longitudinal reinforcing ribs fitted at any pointon the post, and it will 13 formed therein. These strips are formed beapparent that when the turn buckles are at their lower ends intohorizontal feet 14 tightened the rods will be held against veradapted torest on the ground, and have tical movement. 50 vertical upper ends 15which engage the Having thus described my invention what I claim as newand desire to protect having hooked ends engaging around upper byLetters Patent of the United States is ones of said sections and restingon the top as follows: of adjacent lower sections, and turnbuckles 10 Afence comprising posts made up of engaged with said rods. 5 superposedtubular sections of progressively In testimony whereof I have afiixed mydecreased diameter, the upper sections besignature.

ing screwed into the lower sections rods CONSTANTINE A. WILKEY.

